The Shoe People
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The Shoe People is a British animated television series which was first broadcast in the United Kingdom in April 1987 on TV-am. It went on to be broadcast in sixty-two countries around the world.
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The Moody Blues
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The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The group initially consisted of Graeme Edge, Denny Laine, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas and Clint Warwick. Originally part of the
The Shoe People
…who had previously designed the characters for TV series such as SuperTed and Fireman Sam. The theme song was written and sung by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues. In a shoe repair shop, a shoe mender tries to repair all the shoes he gets, but sometimes he cannot repair them all. He does not throw away these…
The Moody Blues at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1970. From left to right: Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, Ray Thomas, John Lodge.
A Mitchells & Butlers brewery pub in Birmingham, pictured in 2005. A hoped-for sponsorship from the brewery never materialised.
Billboard advertisement, 30 January 1965
Billboard advertisement, 17 February 1968